The Menu serves fine dining on a skewer

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The Menu starring Ralph Fiennes (centre) skewers top tier restaurants and fine dining.

The Menu, starring Ralph Fiennes (centre) as chef Julian Slowik, skewers top-tier restaurants and fine dining.

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NEW YORK – Is the new thriller The Menu a parody of the state of fine dining?

You would think so: A small group of people pay astronomical sums to be isolated on an island, fed ingredients that wash up on the beach by employees who are trapped there, and subjected to the hospitality of a creative visionary who is secretly filled with rage.

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